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Perusall is a social web annotation tool intended for use by students at schools and universities.[1] It allows users to annotate the margins of a text in a virtual group setting that is similar to social media—with upvoting, emojis, chat functionality, and notification. It also includes automatic AI grading.[2]
History
[edit]Perusall began as a research project at Harvard University.[3] It later became an educational product for students and teachers.[4]
As of 2024, Perusall states more than 5 million students have used the tool at over 5,000 educational institutions in 112 countries.[1]
Functionality
[edit]Perusall integrates with learning management systems such as Moodle, Canvas, and Blackboard to aid with collaborative annotation.[2]
The tool supports annotation of a range of media including text, images, equations, videos, PDFs, and snapshots of webpages.[5][6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "About Perusall". Perusall. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- 1 2 Hodgson, Justin. "Social Annotation as Writing: Promising Technologies and Practices in Writing Studies". Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ King, Gary. "An Introduction to Perusall" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ ""What is Perusall?"". Montclair State University Instructional Design and Tech. Montclair State University. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ↑ King, Gary. "An Introduction to Perusall" (PDF). Harvard University. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ↑ Clarke, Andrew (2021). "Perusall: Social learning platform for reading and annotating". Journal of Political Science Education. 17 (1): 149–154. doi:10.1080/15512169.2019.1649151. S2CID 202328976.